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My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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He (Abraham Lincoln) said he wanted to visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footprints of the Saviour.… — Mary Todd Lincoln Copy Share Image
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The real thing we tried to look at is what happens to a society when the state is absent. At that point,… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
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what he sought was always something lying ahead, and even if it was a matter of the past it was a past… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
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The United States is a world unto itself. We have mountains, we have deserts, we have a river that equals the Yangtze… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
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